Garment separator



Oct. 6, 1925. 1,556,597

' I. GRONAUER sjsmunn'r SEPARATOR Filed D90. 12. 1923 Ike Gr vnauer' Patented Oct. 6, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IKE GRON AUER, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR T MEMPI-IIS PAPER COMPANY,

OF MEMPHIS, TENNEEZSEE, A

GARMENT Application filed December To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IKE GRoNAUEn', a citizen of the United States, residing atMemphis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment Separators, of which the following is a specification.

In the display of gowns in salesrooms it wardrobes and it frequently happens that gowns with lace trimmings are hung ad acent to and in contact with gowns with beaded trimmings, or other trimmings that may become tangled therewith. Much difficulty has been experienced because of the factthat the beads or such like trimmings of one gown become engaged with the lace of another. and in taking the gowns down for showing, beads are removed and the lace torn and injured and-the gowns thus oftentimes seriously damaged.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a separator of an inexpensive character 25 which may be hung between such gowns and serve not only to prevent such trouble but also serve in a measure to maintain the gowns in a better condition.

In the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof and on which similar reference characters indicate similar parts,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of my said separators, and

Figure 2, a like view illustrating the method of use.

In said drawings, the portions marked A represent a frame or hanger of substantially rigid material, and B the material of which the body of the separator is made, secured to and supported on said hanger.

Preferably the hanger A is made of metal wire and of substantially the form indicated, being of a length and form to support the body part B in a flat position when hung between the gowns.

Said body part B is preferably of paper of a heavy texture, but flexible, with the upper end folded over the metal frame A on one side with a section a secured across said upper end on the opposite side by an adis customary to hang them in show-cases or,

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hesive, or other appropriate manner, 2111(1 thus uniting the hanger A and the body B in an effective manner. The hanger A has a hook 10 which is adapted to engage over a pole 11 on which the gowns are hung for display purposeausually in a show-case, of any well known type, not shown.

It will be understood, of course, that the hanger A may be of wood or other appropriate material or construction and that the body part of the separator B may be of fabric instead of paper so long as it is of an appropriate material to perform the function intended.

By the use of the separator between the gowns as illustrated in Fig. 2, each gown is supported in what becomes practically a separate compartment of the case, entirely out of contact with the other gowns, and thus all danger of becoming entangled therewith is avoided and the consequent danger, annoyance, and trouble saved.' Moreover, a flat surface is provided on each side of the gowns of a yielding character but sufiicient to maintain them in an orderly and smooth condition, and each protected against disarrangement and injury by the'handling of other gowns in the case.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

A se )arator for ladies gowns com risin c; b

a sheet of relatively stifl" flexible material adapted to be suspended between adjacent similarly suspended garments to prevent entanglement of the same, said flexible sheet having its upper corners folded upon itself to form a pocket for a hanger, a hanger having oppositely extending arms disposed beneath said corners, and a strip of material extending across and uniting said corners, said strip also being attached to the body of the sheet and forming a reinforce there for, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Memphis, Tennessee, this 30th day of November, A. D. nineteen hundred and twenty-three.

IKE GRONAUER. a 8. 

